The success of a handful of top women’s teams is a testament to their clubs’ commitment. But a growing competitive divide should be addressed before it’s too late.
‘Unspeakable, screeching horror’: One researcher on the frontline of India’s COVID crisis
Global health researcher Vyoma Dhar Sharma had just embarked on a fieldwork trip to India as COVID-19 began sweeping through the population and overwhelming hospitals. It has taken a terrible toll on her country—and her family.
Yakuza spinoff Lost Judgment launching this fall, keeping real-time combat
Sega and RGG Studio have announced Lost Judgment, a sequel to 2018’s Judgment. It features real-time combat, while Yakuza games will continue as turn-based.
Spaniards hold their breath as sweeping virus measures end
Spain will relax nationwide pandemic measures this weekend, including travel restrictions, but some regional chiefs are complaining that the six-month-long national state of emergency will be replaced by a patchwork of conflicting approaches.
What India’s second wave means for its vaccine coverage, and the rest of the world
With rich countries having bought up the majority of the world’s COVID-19 vaccines, the rest of the world has relied on India—one of the world’s largest vaccine producers and exporters—to increase access to doses.
Breaching the blood-brain barrier to deliver precious payloads
RNA-based drugs have the potential to change the standard of care for many diseases, making personalized medicine a reality. This rapidly expanding class of therapeutics are cost-effective, fairly easy to manufacture, and able to go where no drug has gone before, reaching previously undruggable pathways.
Hesitant to get younger kids vaccinated? Vaccinating children is key to ending pandemic
As U.S. health officials prepare to authorize Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in younger children, a new poll shows that less than a third of parents would get their child vaccinated as soon as the shots are approved for kids.
Study finds racial disparities in concussion symptom knowledge among college athletes
Among collegiate football players and other athletes, Black athletes recognize fewer concussion-related symptoms than their White counterparts, reports a study in the May/June issue of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (JHTR).
New study determines cystic fibrosis therapy is safe and effective for young children
Children ages two to five who have the most common form of cystic fibrosis (CF), caused by two copies of the F508 gene mutation, have not had any modulator treatments available to them until recently. A new study authored by researchers at Children’s Hospital Colorado and published May 6, 2021, in Lancet Respiratory Medicine shows …
Exercise can help support recovery of patients with lasting COVID symptoms, study finds
Patients with lasting symptoms of COVID-19 who completed a six-week, supervised rehabilitation program demonstrated significant improvements in exercise capacity, respiratory symptoms, fatigue and cognition, according to researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre—a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University.